: an organization uniting several Quarterly Meetings of the Society of Friends
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At the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, six Quakers presented a treatise titled Reasons why Friends do not Illuminate their Houses at the Time of public Rejoicing, nor shut their Shops for the public Fasts, Feasts and Thanksgivings.—JSTOR Daily, 24 Nov. 2025 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting looks forward to the next step of removing the barrier of fear for all congregations.—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 The Portland Korean Church – once the largest Korean congregation in the state – bought the 3,000-square-foot church in 1978, under the sponsorship of the Northwest Friends Yearly Meeting, a Quaker organization.—oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2023